Ice-tongs.



PATENTED 1330.4. 1906.

M. H. MQDONNBLL ICE TONGS APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 6.19%.

Warm THIE NORR IS PETER? 50:, WASHINGTON. o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MUR-DOCH H. MODONNELL, OF CRYSTAL FALLS, MICHIGAN.

ICE-TONGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed September 6, 1906. Serial No. 333,512.

a block of ice may be expeditiously handled and carried from place toplace.

The invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements, andcombinations of the parts hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the ap ended claims.

For a full descriptlon of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which- Flgure 1 is a perspective view ofmy improved ice-tongs. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

My improved ice-tongs comprise two similar s1de frames each of whichconsists of preferably metallic arms 1, pivotally connected togetherintermediate of their ends and also connected together at one end bylinks 2 which are in turn connected together at their opposite endswhereby to produce a lazytong construction. The lower free ends of thearms 1 of one frame are connected to their opposite complemental arms atthe ends of the latter by means of flexible members, which arepreferably in the form of chains 3. The two arms are also connectedtogether by three handles, designated tively, and preferably composed ofwood secured between the frames by the pintles that connect the pivotedarms of the latter. The handles f1 and 5 are connected at their ends tothe frames at the juncture of the links 2 with the upper ends of thearms 1, while the remaining handle 6 is connected at its ends to thelinks 2 at the juncture of one link with the other.

In the practical use of my invention the 4, 5, and 6, respectwo handles4 and 5 are grasped so as to open the two frames of lazy-tong formationand separate the supporting-chains 3, whichlatter extend around theblock or cake of ice at the proper distance apart, so as to sustain theload. The block of ice may thus be lifted on the chains 3, and if it isdesired to carry the ice from one place to another with one hand onlythe upper handle 6 may be grasped.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple andefficient form of ice-tongs, which may be used to carry a block of icefrom place to place and which will be found very convenient in stowingice away in an ice chest or box, as the two handles 4-. and 5 may begrasped and the ice deposited in the ice-b0x and the handles thenseparated to carry the chains out from around the ice, so as to free thedevice from the ice. If desired, the device may be made of such a lengthas to serve as a gage for the block of ice in determining the propersizeblock to be inserted in the ice-chest. It is to be particularly notedthat as I preferably use chains as the flexible sustaining members ofthe ice the links of said chain will almost instantly embed themselvesin the ice-block at every link, so as to prevent any slipping of theblock.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. As animproved article of manufacture, the herein-described ice-tongs,comprising two side frames each of which embodies two arms pivotallyconnected together intermedi ate of their ends, two links connected tothe upper ends of the arms and to each other, and three handles, two ofsaid handles connecting one frame with the other at the pivotal junctureof the links with the upper ends of the arms, and the third handleconnecting said frames together at the juncture of the two links withrespect to each other, and flexible supporting members connecting thelower ends of said arms.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-describedice-tongs, comprising two frames each of which embodies two armspivotally connected together intermediate of their ends, two linksconnected at one end with the upper end of said arms and con- Intestimony whereof I afliX my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

MURDOGH H..MODONNELL. h. 3.]

Witnesses:

CHAS. M. ROGERS, ALEX. D. ROGERS.

nected together at their opposite ends, chains connecting the free endsof the arms of one frame with the corresponding ends of the otherframe-arms, and handles connecting said frames together at the junctureof the links with the arms and also at the juncture of the two linkswith respect to each other.

